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The Rear Column

"The slow descent into madness of a group of British Army officers abandoned in the Congo."

Set in the jungle of the Congo Free State in 1887–88, the story begins after explorer Henry Morton Stanley, has gone to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of Equatoria, from a siege by Mahdist forces. He leaves behind him a 'rear column' with supplies at the Yambuya camp on the Aruwimi River and instructs them to wait until the Arab slave trader, Tippu Tib, has brought 600 more porters before following on to Equatoria. The play follows the story of the men left waiting in the camp. The officers depicted in the play are based on historical figures.

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Top Cast

  • John Horton

    John Horton

    Jameson

  • Michael Forrest

    Michael Forrest

    Stanley

  • Alrick Riley

    Alrick Riley

    Boy

  • Sylvester Williams

    Sylvester Williams

    John Henry

  • Simon Ward

    Simon Ward

    Ward

  • Barry Foster

    Barry Foster

    Barttelot

  • Donald Gee

    Donald Gee

    Bonny

  • Clive Francis

    Clive Francis

    Troup

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Set in the jungle of the Congo Free State in 1887–88, the story begins after explorer Henry Morton Stanley, has gone to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of Equatoria, from a siege by Mahdist forces. He leaves behind him a 'rear column' with supplies at the Yambuya camp on the Aruwimi River and instructs them to wait until the Arab slave trader, Tippu Tib, has brought 600 more porters before following on to Equatoria. The play follows the story of the men left waiting in the camp. The officers depicted in the play are based on historical figures.

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